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New Madrid County

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Small in population but rich in durable topics: the New Madrid Seismic Zone and 1811-1812 earthquakes as planning context, the engineered Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway, levee and drainage districts, Mississippian mound history, and row-crop agriculture on re-engineered Bootheel land.

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Towns, cities & local places in New Madrid County

Birds Point-New Madrid FloodwayDonaldson Point Conservation AreaEast PrairieHowardvilleHunter-Dawson State Historic SiteLilbournMatthews New Madrid PortagevilleTowosahgy State Historic Site
Region
Bootheel
Local notes
26
Notes nearby
6
Nearby counties
6

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Practical guides

Common county next steps in New Madrid County

Use these when the local office, parcel, vehicle, or deadline matters.

Property tax estimator Estimate a real-property bill, then confirm the exact parcel value and levy locally. Personal property tax guide Sort January 1 vehicle ownership, paid receipts, and statements of non-assessment. Vehicle title checklist Plan the license-office trip around title timing, inspections, emissions, and receipts. Assessment appeal guide If a value looks wrong, start with the county deadline and evidence about market value.

Local notes

Local rules and costs to check in New Madrid County

Short notes on the taxes, paperwork, and local-government layers here — grouped by topic, each linking the official sources behind it.

New Madrid has a county floodplain office to check before building New Madrid County lists a Floodplain Administration office, which gives property owners an official place to start before relying only on a flood map. County road questions start with the Highway Department page New Madrid County's Highway Department page is the official county starting point for local road-maintenance and infrastructure questions. New Madrid County's assessor values real and personal property The New Madrid County Assessor's Office is the valuation office for real and personal property, which is separate from paying the tax bill. The County Commission is the courthouse policy desk New Madrid County's commission page identifies the commissioners as the county governing body and points residents to the courthouse office. New Madrid Bend Access is a small Mississippi River stop MDC's New Madrid Bend Access is a small river access reached from I-55, Highway 61, and Bloomfield Road. Bootheel farmland was re-engineered from swamp The county's cotton, soybean, and rice agriculture sits on land that was drained and leveed from former swamp and bottomland, which explains the landscape and the districts.
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Local notes

Worth knowing in New Madrid County

History, rivers, lakes, and quirks that give the county some shape.

New Madrid's historical marker starts with Missouri's first American town The City of New Madrid's historical marker page gives the county a compact source trail for the town's 1789 founding, earthquakes, Civil War river story, and farm economy. Howardville School keeps a Black community story on Highway 61 Howardville School points to New Madrid County's Black community history, segregated education, and the town of Howardville along Highway 61. Girvin Conservation Area is flat river-bottom forest John L. and Georgia Girvin Conservation Area protects Mississippi River bottomland forest in New Madrid and Pemiscot counties. Swift Ditch shows wetland work behind I-55 MDC's Swift Ditch Access turns former row-crop ground near I-55 and Highway 80 into a wetland and fishing-access landscape. New Madrid's river view is a civic landmark The City of New Madrid points visitors to the Mississippi River Walk and Observation Deck, making the riverfront a first-read feature of the city. Donaldson Point sits inside the New Madrid Bend story Donaldson Point Conservation Area southeast of New Madrid shows how the Mississippi River bends, borders, and bottomland shape the county.
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Official sources

Where to confirm it

A short set of official county and agency pages cited here. The other 33 source links stay with their individual notes.

City of New Madrid - Missouri State Historical Society Marker Missouri State Parks - African American schools survey Missouri State Parks - New Madrid County National Register listings National Park Service - Howardville School National Register nomination New Madrid County - Commissioners New Madrid County Missouri Department of Conservation - John L. and Georgia Girvin Conservation Area New Madrid County - County Highway Department MoDOT Traveler Information Map

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Notes from the counties closest to New Madrid County

Source-checked notes from the nearest counties — the local layer often carries across the county line.

Crowley's Ridge gives Stoddard County its high ground Stoddard County · Crowley's Ridge is the reason the county is not all flat Bootheel cropland, and it explains why the seat and several towns sit where they do, on dry, higher ground above the former swamp. Big Oak Tree State Park protects champion bottomland giants Mississippi County · A rare surviving patch of old-growth Bootheel bottomland forest, with some of the largest trees in the state, sits in this county and is an official, free natural destination. Gayoso explains why Caruthersville became the county seat Pemiscot County · Pemiscot County's courthouse story moved from Gayoso to Caruthersville, leaving a readable river-history thread in the county map. Why the county seat sits at Benton, not Sikeston Scott County · The county seat is Benton, a small town, even though Sikeston is far larger, a common Missouri pattern where the seat was placed for central location rather than population. Ben Cash and Cash Swamp keep lowland forest on the map Dunklin County · Ben Cash Memorial Conservation Area ties Dunklin County public land to the St. Francis River floodplain and remnant tupelo-cypress forest. Assessment appeals in Butler County start before July Butler County · Butler County owners should contact the assessor early if a real-estate value notice looks wrong.

Nearby counties

Closest counties to New Madrid County

Nearby counties with their own local notes.

Stoddard County A Bootheel-edge county where Crowley's Ridge meets drained lowland, with Bloomfield as the seat, Dexter's swamp-to-farm history, Mingo wetland country, and farm drainage questions. Mississippi County A small Bootheel county on the Mississippi River with a strong, place-specific note set: Charleston's Dogwood-Azalea festival and courthouse seat, Big Oak Tree State Park's champion bottomland trees, the engineered Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway, levee and drainage districts, and cotton/melon row-crop agriculture. Pemiscot County Missouri's southeasternmost county, wedged against the Mississippi River and the Arkansas and Tennessee lines. Scott County A Bootheel county where the Mississippi River corridor, drainage and levee engineering, and rail-and-ag economy meet a city-county quirk: Sikeston, the county's largest city, straddles the Scott-New Madrid line. Dunklin County A deep Bootheel cotton-and-rice county seated at Kennett, built on drained lowland, levee and drainage systems, St. Francis River country, and 1811-1812 earthquake context. Butler County Butler County sits where the Bootheel lowlands meet the Ozark foothills, with Poplar Bluff as the regional hub for the southeast corner.

Reviewed June 18, 2026. These notes are a starting point — confirm exact parcel, license, tax, or permit details with the New Madrid County office that controls each record.

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